FAIRHOPE, Alambama -- Residents along Fish River weren't expecting what occurred on Tuesday night. Proof of that was found on Thursday morning when many residents were cleaning up after Tuesday night's epic flooding.

Shirley Langley, 70, has lived along the river her entire life. "Never, ever have I seen this kind of devastation living here," she said, sweeping her property on Thursday morning. "This is just unreal. This is the worst ever in my decades."

Langley is a Keeney Drive resident like Trese Thompson along the same road that was hit heavily by record breaking floods. "I had my wife and kids rescued by marine police at midnight," said Thompson on Thursday morning. He was cleaning up along with other neighbors, many of whom were salvaging what they could from the mud.

"All my years here this is the worst I've seen" Thompson said. "But you know what, people lost a lot worst, so I'm grateful we got out with what we lost. "